[ale] ReplicatorG On a Stick!

[Richard Bronosky]

so much gold here. Please start by telling us more about Cyndi and cupcake.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh!  You can run ReplicatorG on a stick!
>
> I've been experimenting with 3d printing lately.  The software which
> controls Cyndi, my "cupcake" CNC machine, requires very up-to-date
> versions of python and java.  The developers test it solely on Ubuntu
> Maverick Meerkat ( 10.10), the very latest 'n' greatest.  But I have
> found that it will run just fine on Puppy Linux 5.11, which is based
> on Lucid Lynx ( Ubuntu's LTS version 10.4) .  This lets you run the
> software without installing or updating anything -- just boot your USB
> media and start printin'!
>
> I've contributed a write-up (
> http://wiki.makerbot.com/run-repg-from-a-stick ).  The next step is
> obviously to make a Puppy 3d printing sub-distro.  That might make a
> fun ALE talk.
>
> -- CHS
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